These players with South Carolina ties still in the hunt at Hilton Head’s RBC Heritage
South Carolina golfers are in the hunt heading into the final rounds of the RBC Heritage Presented by Boeing on Hilton Head Island this weekend.
Lucas Glover, 42, a Clemson graduate who was born in Greenville, was six under par after his third round Saturday, tied for 18th, and making him the top golfer with Palmetto State ties still in the tournament.
Glover, who lives in Tequesta, Florida, has four PGA Tour wins including the 2009 U.S. Open.
Bill Haas, 39, of Greenville, was four under par and tied for 34 through Saturday’s third round. Haas has amassed six PGA tour titles since turning professional in 2004, including the 2011 FedEx Cup.
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Matthew NeSmith, of Aiken, was six under par and five strokes off the lead after 11 third-round holes Saturday.
NeSmith, a 28-year-old University of South Carolina graduate, shot 70 and 68 in the first two rounds, and was tied for 32nd.
Harbour Town Golf Links is a special place for NeSmith. In 2018, he proposed to Abigail, now his wife, on the 18th green.
Here are three other players with ties to the Palmetto State who still are competing in the Heritage heading into the final two rounds of play, which concludes Sunday:
▪ Ben Martin, 34, who also went to Clemson, was four under and tied for 34th after completing Saturday’s third round. Martin, who was born in Greenwood, S.C., lives on Kiawah Island. He has one PGA Tour win.
▪ Jonathan Byrd, 44, of St. Simons Island, Georgia, who was born in Anderson, S.C., was plus seven, in 71st place after completing his third round Saturday. The Clemson graduate has five PGA Tour victories.
▪ Doc Redman, 24, of Raleigh, a Clemson graduate, the 2017 U.S. Amateur champion, tied for 46th at three under par through 16 holes of the third round.
Harold Varner III of Charlotte was leading the field at 11 under par during the third round Saturday. Varner had eight birdies through the first 16 holes.
Robert Streb was in second place, one stroke back, through five third-round holes. Several players were just a few strokes off the pace.
Columbia natives Dustin Johnson and Wesley Bryan, Kevin Kisner of Aiken and Bryson Nimmer of Bluffton did not make the cut.
This story was originally published April 16, 2022 at 2:01 PM.
